"What is wanted?" came in Spanish from a dark-looking man on the forward deck.
"Can't you talk English?" cried Dick.
"A leetle."
"We are after that other sail-boat. The men in her are thieves and have abducted a girl, too. Will you help us catch them?"
At this the man on the steamer drew down his face and held a consultation with several behind him.
"You are sure they are thieves?" he asked presently.
"Yes."
"Have they with them the money that was stolen?"
"We are pretty certain they have."
"And the girl?"